The beginning WINGAS was founded in 1993 as a joint venture of the BASF subsidiary Holding 1990 GmbH, ‘s largest oil Wintershall and Gazprom and gas producer, and the WINGAS. Russian PAO Gazprom, the start working together. world‘s largest natural gas producer, to supply the Ger- At a glance. 1993 man market with natural gas. WINGAS is founded as a joint venture of Winters- hall and Gazprom. More than 20 years’ experience in the German energy market. With a market share of around 20%, WINGAS is one of the largest natural gas 95 billion kWh suppliers in Germany. natural gas sales (1999) 1999 WINGAS sells 95 billion kWh of natural gas. Customers WINGAS supplies municipal utilities, regional gas suppliers, industrial companies and power stations. 2003 Business goes international, with custo- mers in and .

Our shareholder Belgium As the largest natural gas producer in the world, the Russian company accounts for 11% of the world’s natural gas production and controls around 17% France of the world‘s proven reserves of natural gas. The Siberian gas deliveries are an important part of Europe‘s energy supply.

Company head- Germany International business quarters in Kassel Based in Kassel, Germany, the group‘s markets extend beyond Germany to Belgium, Denmark, France, Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. 2014 In Germany, WINGAS reaches a market share of around 20%. 2015 About 40% of sales are generated in neighbouring WINGAS continues to grow countries in Europe. and builds a new company headquarters. 20% market share in Germany 2015 Gazprom takes over the Wintershall shares, making WINGAS a wholly owned Gazprom subsidiary. Continued growth 2016 In the 2016 financial year, WINGAS in- creased its sales compared to the previous Kassel year by 26.2%, to 795 billion kilowatt hours. 26.2 % During the same period, turnover decreased to €13 billion. Europe 795 billion kWh natural gas sales (2016) More than 450 employees WINGAS has more than 450 employees in Europe, around 400 of whom work at the headquarters in Kassel.

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Greifswald Fibre-optic broadband network coverage Rostock WINGAS also operates its own fibre-optic network across Emden Hamburg Schwerin Güstrow Germany. The network, which is around 3,000 km long, is offered Pasewalk Bunde Boitzenburg Kołbaskowo to telecommunications companies for data transmission. Overall, Bremen Angermünde WINGAS manages approximately 7,000 km of cables in its Soltau fibre-optic portfolio. Rehden Hannover Wolfsburg Barleben Berlin Gronau Bielefeld Frankfurt/Oder Magedeburg Dortmund Göttingen Wittenberg Essen Soest Dusseldorf Hagen Kassel Halle Wuppertal Lauchhammer kilometres Leipzic 7,000 Düren Cologne Eisenach Erfurt Aachen Jena Bonn Gera Dresden Reckrod Chemnitz Koblenz Olbernhau Hanau Hof Frankfurt WINGAS‘s natural gas sources Bayreuth WINGAS buys natural gas from producers in the North Mannheim Ludwigshafen Sea and from Russia. 40% of this comes from Siberian Nuremberg gas fields. The majority of the gas is delivered either via Karlsruhe the Yamal-Europe pipeline through Belarus and Poland Stuttgart Aalen or directly to Western Europe via the Kehl Ingolstadt pipeline through the Baltic Sea. Ulm Augsburg Munich Memmingen Landsberg Natural gas Natural gas Salzburg consumption consumption in Europe, 2016 in Germany, 2016 541.5 90 bn m3 bn m3

Natural gas sources for Europe 27% 22% 21% 25% 5% Russia Domestic production Norway Others Algeria

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Contact Press Centre E-mail: [email protected] Daniela Rechenberger Published by WINGAS GmbH Phone: +49 (0)561 99858-3350 January 2018